Date
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Name
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Convenor / chair / ringleader
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Location
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Guests
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1976 Oct 9-11
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Swancon 1
|
Anthony Peacey
|
Anthony Peacey's House
|
Maureen Smith
|
1977 Oct
|
Swancon 2
|
Bob Ogden
|
Belmont Comm. Rec. Centre / Bayswater Civic Centre
|
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1978 July 21-23
|
Swancon 3
|
Roy Ferguson
|
Murdoch University
|
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1979 March 2-5
|
Swancon 4 (WayCon '79)
|
Tony Pearcy
|
Ozone Hotel
|
Leigh Edmonds
|
1980 Aug 15-18
|
Swancon 5 (19th Natcon)
|
Julia Curtis
|
Park Towers / Kings Ambassador Hotel
|
Anne McCaffrey, Grant Stone, Shayne McCormack
|
1981 April 17-20
|
Swancon 6
|
Barbara De La Hunty
|
The Royal George, Fremantle
|
Anthony Peacey
|
1982 Jan 29 - Feb 1
|
Swancon 7
|
Bob Ogden
|
Westos Hotel
|
Robin Johnson
|
1983 Jan 28-31
|
Swancon 8
|
Bob Ogden
|
Westos Motor Inn
|
Damien Broderick
|
1984 Jan 27-30
|
Swancon Nine (Swancon icks)
|
David Luckett
|
Westos Motel
|
Harry Harrison, Roy Ferguson
|
1985 Jan
|
Swancon X
|
John McDouall
|
Airways Hotel
|
Ian Nichols
|
1986 March 28-31
|
Swancon XI (25th Natcon)
|
Erik Harding
|
Miss Maud's
|
CJ Cherryh, Jack Herman
|
1987 Feb 28 - March 2
|
Swancon 12
|
David Simmons
|
Airways Hotel
|
John McDouall
|
1988 Jan 29 - Feb 1
|
Swancon 13: the BLACK Swancon
|
Matthew Clarkson
|
Westos Hotel
|
Dave Luckett, Tim Richards
|
1989 March 23-27
|
Swancon 14 (Natcon)
|
Cindy Clarkson
|
King's Ambassador Hotel
|
Bob Shaw, John Varley, Paul J. Stevens
|
1990 Jan 26-29
|
Swancon XV
|
Don Griffiths
|
Miss Maud's / Swy Theatre
|
Terry Dowling, Grant Stone
|
1991 Jan 25-28
|
Swancon 16
|
Greg Turkich
|
Freeway Motel
|
Barbara Hambly, Cindy Clarkson
|
1992 Jan 24-27
|
The Festival of the Imagination
|
Mark Bivens?
|
Ascot Inn
|
Terry Dowling, Nick Stathopoulos, Paul Kidd
|
1993 April 8-12
|
SwanCon 18 (Natcon)
|
Dave Luckett
|
Ascot Inn
|
Terry Pratchett, Robert Jordan, Craig Hilton
|
1994 July 15-17
|
Confusion '94
|
Sue Ann Barber
|
Perth International Hotel
|
Sylvia Anderson, Lewis Morley, Marilyn Pride, Danny Heap
|
1995 April 13-17
|
Swancon '95
|
Doug Burbidge
|
Sheraton
|
Pat Cadigan, Ellen Datlow, Peter Read
|
1996 April 4-8
|
Festival of the Imagination 1996 (Natcon and Media Natcon)
|
Richard Scriven
|
Kings Hotel
|
Neil Gaiman, Storm Constantine, Jack Dann, Janeen Webb, Robin Pen
|
1997 Jan 24-27
|
Swancon 22 - The Festival of the Imagination 1997
|
Russell B. Farr, David Yeates
|
Metro Inn
|
Howard Waldrop, Stephen Dedman, David Cake
|
1998 April 24-27
|
Swancon Twenty3
|
Grant Watson, Simon Oxwell
|
Hotel Grand Chancellor
|
Lois McMaster Bujold, Tess Williams, Gina Goddard
|
1999 April 1-5
|
SwanICon
|
Julian Ackermann
|
Metro
|
Janny Wurts, Ippongi Bang, Jack Dann, Sean Williams, Dave Luckett
|
2000 April 20-24
|
Swancon 2000 (Natcon)
|
Candice Schilder
|
Ascot Inn
|
Connie Willis, Robin Hobb, Ian Nichols, Garth Nix, Mitch?
|
2001 April 12-16
|
Masquerade Swancon 2001 (Natcon)
|
David Cake, Cathy Cupitt
|
Rydges Hotel
|
Robert Silverberg, Scott Frazier, Karen Haber, Sue Ackermann
|
2002 March 28-April 1
|
Swancon 2002, Dragons of the World
|
Sue Ackermann
|
Kings Hotel
|
Kate Forsyth, Kim Wilkins, David Zindell, Lee Battersby, John McDouall
|
2003 April 17-21
|
Swancon 2003 (Natcon)
|
Jason Watson, Brett Griggs
|
Kings Perth Hotel
|
Lynn Flewelling, Tony Shillitoe, Justin Ackroyd
|
2004 April 8-12
|
Swancon 2004, Chronopolis
|
Shay Telfer
|
Parmelia Hilton
|
Tim Powers, Eddie Campbell, Adrian Bedford, Shaun Tan, Emma Hawkes
|
2005 March 24-28
|
Swancon XXX, ConSensual
|
Elaine Kemp
|
Emerald Hotel
|
Charles de Lint, MaryAnn Harris, Grant Watson, Anna Hepworth
|
2006 March 3-6
|
Swancon 2006, Renaissances
|
Ken McCaw
|
Acacia
|
Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon, Danny Oz
|
2007 April 5-9
|
Swancon 32: Inconceivable!
|
Michael Dawson
|
All Seasons
|
Elizabeth Moon, David Gerrold, Matthew Reilly, Russell B. Farr, Damian Magee.
|
2008 March 20-24
|
State of the Art: Swancon 2008 (47th Natcon)
|
Anna Hepworth
|
All Seasons
|
Ken Macleod, Rob Shearman, Glenda Larke, Zara Baxter.
|
2009 April 9-13
|
Contact: Swancon 2009
|
PRK
|
All Seasons
|
Richard Morgan, Trudi Canavan, Theresa Anns, Alicia Smith, Robert Masters
|
2010 April 1-5
|
Swancon 2010
|
Todd Rowlands, John Green
|
All Seasons
|
Scott Sigler, Ian Irvine, John Samuel.
|
2011 April 21-25
|
Swancon 36 | Natcon 50
|
Alisa Krasnostein
|
Hyatt Regency Perth
|
Ellen Datlow, Justina Robson, Sean Williams, Sarah Xu
|
2012 April 5-9
|
DoomCon
|
Kitty Hemsley
|
Pan Pacific Hotel
|
Brandon Sanderson, Marianne de Pierres, Chris Creagh
|
2013 March 29-April 1
|
Swancon 2013: Perception • Discovery • Emergence
|
Tom Eitelhuber, Andrew Sharp
|
Ibis Styles Hotel
|
Charles Stross, Gail Simone, John Birmingham, Lucy Sussex, Sarah and John Parker
|
2014 April 17-21
|
Swancon 39: Conjuration
|
Chris Coman, Samara Morgan
|
Ibis Styles Hotel
|
Anne Bishop, Tamora Pierce (no longer coming), Isobelle Carmody, Jim Butcher, Sally Beasley
|
2015 April 2-6
|
Swancon 40 (Natcon)
|
Kat Griffiths
|
Pan Pacific
|
John Scalzi, Kylie Chan, Anthony Peacey
|
2016 March 24-28
|
Swancon 41
|
Isobel White
|
Pan Pacific
|
Michael O'Brien, Jane Espenson, Fe Waters
|
2017 April 13-17
|
Swancon 42
|
Chris Coman, Brian Johnson
|
The Metro
|
Wesley Chu, Traci Harding, Douglas Adams (in memoriam), Michael Troughton, Davina Watson
|
2018 March 29-April 02
|
Swancon 43 (Natcon)
|
Jack Bridges
|
Pan Pacific
|
Kameron Hurley, Ryan Griffen, Emily Smith, Foz Meadows, Barb de la Hunty
|
2019 April 18-22
|
Swancon 44
|
Linda Sengsourinho and Davina Watson
|
Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle
|
Charlie Jane Anders, Annalee Newitz (no longer coming), Jonathan Strahan, Travis Johnson
|
2020 April 25-27
|
Swancon 45 (Natcon)
|
Sarah Parker, John Parker
|
The Duxton, Perth
|
Nalini Singh, John Robertson (in-person convention cancelled due to pandemic)
|
2021 June 5-7
|
Swancon 46
|
Sarah Parker, Laura Hodge
|
The Duxton, Perth
|
Claire Coleman (Con originally scheduled to run April 24-26. Postponed due to pandemic)
|
2022 April 30
|
Not-A-Con 2022
|
Michael Cogan
|
SCC Tuart Hill
|
2023 April 15-16
|
Swancon 47
|
Michael Cogan
|
The Rise, Maylands
|
Amanda Bridgeman, Scott Wilson, Lisa Rye
|
-
|
2024 April 20-21
|
Swancon 48
|
Michael and Cathy Cogan
|
The Rise, Maylands
|
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